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high conceptHigh ConceptBetter ideas.2NA=1154&NC=1242&DI=4098&PS=58547&PI=7315Conceptfalsefalsespacernotembeddedhigh conceptThe Return of Vote-PairingJamin RaskinVote-pairing nearly saved Al Gore in 2000. Could it give Kerry a decisive boost this year?noThe Return of Vote-PairingCould vote-pairing put Kerry over the top?noFour years ago today, I wrote a piece for Slate called "Nader's Traders: How To Save Al Gore's Bacon by Trading Votes on the Internet." The article suggested Internet "vote-pairing" coalitions between Nader sympathizers in swing states like Florida, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin and Gore sympathizers in safe Republican states like Texas, Alabama, Utah, and Mississippi. After meeting each other on Internet vote-pair sites, the Nader sympathizers would announce their decision to vote for Gore, the Gore sympathizers for Nader, in a nationwide grass-roots effort to advance multiple common objectives. Gore would win the popular votes he needed in swing states to reach 270 in the Electoral College while Nader would continue his climb to 5 percent in the national popular vote, his campaign's unofficial goal in order to qualify the Green Party for federal financing. Rather than savaging each other, progressive Democrats and Greens could ally to stop Bush.truenotochyperlinkno2004102541414PMMondayOctOctober1610/25/2004 8:14:14 PM6323431765400000002004102541414PMMondayOctOctober1610/25/2004 8:14:14 PM632343176540000000high conceptFirst ClassDebra DickersonIs it possible to raise rich kids who don't have a sense of entitlement?noFirst ClassRaising rich white kids.noVery often, when black people see me alone with my white-looking biracial children, they demand to know that I'm going to teach them that they're black. They do this with great seriousness, usually glaring into my eyes as if they caught me about to steal change from the collection plate. (Most whites, on the other hand, either think I'm the nanny or search for a polite way to ask if they're my biological children.) This question is not rhetorical. They wait, squint-eyed and ferocious, for an answer. Much as I'd like to say, "Damn skippy they're black. Holla," the anal-retentive, extra-credit-loving hall monitor in me has to ask: "But why doesn't my husband's culture and DNA count?" Then, without fail, the hysterical, spittle-inflected tirade begins: "They're just niggers to the cops," such a person will say, or "Self-hating" blah blah, "You think whites will accept them?" etc. I can't imagine a more pointless or less dignified discussion.truenotochyperlinkno20049390316AMFridaySepSeptember99/3/2004 1:03:16 PM63229798996000000020049390316AMFridaySepSeptember99/3/2004 1:03:16 PM632297989960000000high conceptRacist Like MeDebra DickersonWhy am I the only honest bigot?noRacist Like MeRacist like me.noIn a nation riven to its very core by race, I appear to be the only remaining racist. Off and on, I'm homophobic and anti-Semitic, too, but mostly, I'm racist. Yet unlike the rest of you, I'm honest about it.truenotochyperlinkno2004811120923PMWednesdayAugAugust128/11/2004 4:09:23 PM6322782296300000002004811120923PMWednesdayAugAugust128/11/2004 4:09:23 PM632278229630000000high conceptFur SaleAlex HeardSold! The thrilling result of our Mount Everest artifact auction.noFur SaleThe thrilling result of our Mount Everest artifact auction.nospacer205150The Patch's workThe Patch's workfalse1/2057072/122950/2079210/2082872/Patch-furSideUp.jpghttp://img.slate.msn.com/mediayesStandardImage1/2057072/122950/2079210/2082872/Patch-furSideUp.jpg205150http://img.slate.com/mediafalse20081019121832AMSundayOctOctober010/19/2008 4:18:32 AM63359972312612053820081019121832AMSundayOctOctober010/19/2008 4:18:32 AM63359972312612053820081019121832AMSundayOctOctober010/19/2008 4:18:32 AM633599723126120538false200351472705AMWednesdayMayMay75/14/2003 11:27:05 AM631884940250000000200351472705AMWednesdayMayMay75/14/2003 11:27:05 AM631884940250000000My eBay charity auction of two items carried to the top of Mount Everest by Jon "Into Thin Air" Krakauer is now complete, and the results were excellent.truenotochyperlinkno20036953620PMMondayJunJune176/9/2003 9:36:20 PM63190776980000000020036953620PMMondayJunJune176/9/2003 9:36:20 PM631907769800000000high conceptInto Thin FurAlex HeardIt's soft, it's cuddly, and it may be cursed. It's the Patch, the creepiest artifact in Mount Everest history.noInto Thin FurThe Patch: the creepiest artifact in Mount Everest history.noAre you looking for a smart place to invest some money? Can't help you. Are you looking for an exciting place? You're in luck. I'm selling two items from a lively niche of the collectibles market known as "exploration artifacts"—a term for the equipment, journals, and other goods used by people like legendary polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, Himalayan climbing great Sir Edmund Hillary, and 19th-century African bwana Sir Henry Morton Stanley.truenotochyperlinkno2003514102705AMWednesdayMayMay105/14/2003 2:27:05 PM6318850482500000002003514111447AMWednesdayMayMay115/14/2003 3:14:47 PM631885076870000000200311442700PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:27:00 PM631781584200000000200311442700PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:27:00 PM631781584200000000falsetruetruetruetruetruetrue20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM631390436830000000200181561511PMWednesdayAugAugust188/15/2001 10:15:11 PM631334961110000000